Ha.

I have begun to realize that it's my birthday soon.
ha. i'll be 16. that's hilarious.

school was DEATH. i really didn't feel like going. I was super tired and quite depressed. enni was not into it either. not really depressed though.

JEJU: BIKING COMPETITION

so it was the first international jeju biking challenge. notice the word international. the yfu students and these college exchange students were the only international people. everyone else was korean. from jeju even.

it was fun. the goal for us was 50km. i rode 20km with elly but they stopped us. we could have gone further.

the second day, there were two bikes that were broken so i was asked to sit out, since i was still kind of sick. i sat in the bus with enni and katariina [who fell. she's missing a chunk of her knee]

after the first day, there were no more lunch boxes left for us. we ate in this super dirty place. we had ddukbokki and soondae and stuff. i didn't feel like eating. i was really sick again.

it was really fun. jeju reminds me of san diego. the sky was blue and you can actually see the moon and stars at night.

i also liked being with the other exchange students. we got to talk about how we were doing. of course, everyone is having problems. it seems that i have the best situation. i think i miss home the most though. i'm the one who's always saying that i want to go back to america.

i realized how useless i am. they were looking for an english word and they could say it in a bunch of languages, but i failed to come up with the word. everyone speaks at least 2 languages. i speak english. woohoo.

there is a filipina coming in june i think. i want to talk to her but i can only understand her. maybe i can piece together some stuff. i just would like to have a secret language like the others have.

there is a tea ceremony class/competition. i want to participate. it's on saturdays, so i may have to miss some school or high rise. get to wear a hanbok and learn the traditional tea ceremonies. exciting.

i'm very tired and very drained.

today i had basketball! we played an actual game. i think we won by 2 points. we played junsu's team. he's good at basketball, but he was the only good one on his team. there's one guy who is good on my team. they keep saying i'm MBA and MVP. i'm really not good at basketball though. ha. they go crazy every time i make a three.

i kept missing the shots because the basket was so low and there was no backboard. i make bank shots... it's my excuse. everyone else was missing too because of it though, so i can use it.

the other sport we're going to play is volleyball. i can't wait. i would enjoy any sport. volleyball is fun.

tomorrow i have russian. i have been listening to a podcast. i know a few more words. i know how to say "i speak a little russian" teehee.

goodnight.